Gabriel Maxson

Gabriel "Gabe" Maxson was an African-American World War II veteran from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Biography
Gabriel Maxson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the brother of Troy Maxson. He served in the US Army during the Pacific theater of World War II, and he sustained a serious shrapnel wound in the head which left him mentally impaired. He received a $3,000 government payout which his brother used to purchase a home for his family, and he was left in the care of Miss Pearl. Gabriel was later thrown in jail for disturbing the peace, and the illiterate Troy signed papers rerouting half of Gabriel's pension to a psychiatric hospital, forcing Gabriel to be institutionalized. In 1963, he was released from the hospital to attend his brother's funeral, and he prayed to Saint Peter (whom he claimed to have repeatedly spoken and eaten with) to let Gabriel into heaven.